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Marine mammals of the world : a comprehensive guide to their identification / / Thomas A. Jefferson, Marc A. Webber, Robert L. Pitman ; illustrations by Uko Gorter
| Marine mammals of the world : a comprehensive guide to their identification / / Thomas A. Jefferson, Marc A. Webber, Robert L. Pitman ; illustrations by Uko Gorter |
| Autore | Jefferson Thomas A. |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Academic Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (0 p.) |
| Disciplina | 599.5 |
| Soggetto topico | Marine mammals |
| ISBN |
0-12-409592-5
0-12-409542-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Introduction -- Basic marine mammal biology -- Taxonomic groupings above the species level -- Cetaceans -- Pinnipeds -- Sirenians -- Otters & polar bear -- Extinct species -- Identification keys.
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 2.Basic Marine Mammal Biology -- 3.Taxonomic Groupings Above the Species Level -- 4.Cetaceans -- North Atlantic right whale -- Eubalaena glacialis -- North Pacific right whale -- Eubalaena japonica -- Southern right whale -- Eubalaena australis -- Bowhead whale -- Balaena mysticetus -- Pygmy right whale -- Caperea marginata -- Blue whale -- Balaenoptera musculus -- Fin whale -- Balaenoptera physalus -- Sei whale -- Balaenoptera borealis -- Bryde's whale -- Balaenoptera edeni -- Omura's whale -- Balaenoptera omurai -- Common minke whale -- Balaenoptera acutorostrata -- Antarctic minke whale -- Balaenoptera bonaerensis -- Humpback whale -- Megaptera novaeangliae -- Gray whale -- Eschrichtius robustus -- Sperm whale -- Physeter macrocephalus -- Pygmy sperm whale -- Kogia breviceps -- Dwarf sperm whale -- Kogia sima -- Baird's beaked whale -- Berardius bairdii -- Arnoux's beaked whale -- Berardius arnuxii -- Cuvier's beaked whale -- Note continued: Ziphius cavirostris -- Northern bottlenose whale -- Hyperoodon ampullatus -- Southern bottlenose whale -- Hyperoodon planifrons -- Shepherd's beaked whale -- Tasmacetus shepherdi -- Blainville's beaked whale -- Mesoplodon densirostris -- Note on Beaked Whales of the Genus Mesoplodon -- Gray's beaked whale -- Mesoplodon grayi -- Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale -- Mesoplodon ginkgodens -- Deraniyagala's beaked whale -- Mesoplodon hotaula -- Hector's beaked whale -- Mesoplodon bectori -- Perrin's beaked whale -- Mesoplodon perrini -- Hubbs' beaked whale -- Mesoplodon carlhubbsi -- Pygmy beaked whale -- Mesoplodon peruvianus -- Sowerby's beaked whale -- Mesoplodon bidens -- Gervais' beaked whale -- Mesoplodon europaeus -- True's beaked whale -- Mesoplodon mirus -- Strap-toothed beaked whale -- Mesoplodon layardii -- Andrew's beaked whale -- Mesoplodon bowdoini -- Stejneger's beaked whale -- Mesoplodon stejnegeri -- Spade-toothed beaked whale -- Note continued: Mesoplodontraversii -- Longman's beaked whale -- Indopacetus pacificus -- Narwhal -- Monodon monoceros -- Beluga whale -- Delphinapterus leucas -- Australian snubfin dolphin -- Orcaella heinsohni -- Irrawaddy dolphin -- Orcaella brevirostris -- Killer whale -- Orcinus orca -- Short-finned pilot whale -- Globicephala macrorhynchus -- Long-finned pilot whale -- Globicephala melas -- False killer whale -- Pseudorca crassidens -- Pygmy killer whale -- Feresa attenuata -- Melon-headed whale -- Peponocephala electra -- Risso's dolphin -- Grampus griseus -- Tucuxi -- Sotalia fluviatilis -- Guiana dolphin -- Sotalia guianensis -- Rough-toothed dolphin -- Steno bredanensis -- Atlantic humpback dolphin -- Sousa teuszii -- Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin -- Sousa chinensis -- Indian Ocean humpback dolphin -- Sousa plumbea -- Australian humpback dolphin -- Sousa sahulensis -- Common bottlenose dolphin -- Tursiops truncatus -- Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin -- Note continued: Tursiops aduncus -- Pantropical spotted dolphin -- Stenella attenuata -- Atlantic spotted dolphin -- Stenella frontalis -- Spinner dolphin -- Stenella longirostris -- Clymene dolphin -- Stenella clymene -- Striped dolphin -- Stenella coeruleoalba -- Short-beaked common dolphin -- Delphinus delphis -- Long-beaked common dolphin -- Delphinus capensis -- Fraser's dolphin -- Lagenodelphis hosei -- White-beaked dolphin -- Lagenorhynchus albirostris -- Atlantic white-sided dolphin -- Lagenorhynchus acutus -- Pacific white-sided dolphin -- Lagenorhynchus obliquidens -- Dusky dolphin -- Lagenorhynchus obscurus -- Hourglass dolphin -- Lagenorhynchus cruciger -- Peale's dolphin -- Lagenorhynchus australis -- Northern right whale dolphin -- Lissodelphis borealis -- Southern right whale dolphin -- Lissodelphis peronii -- Commerson's dolphin -- Cephalorhynchus commersonii -- Heaviside's dolphin -- Cephalorhynchus heavisidii -- Hector's dolphin -- Note continued: Cephalorhynchus hectori -- Chilean dolphin -- Cephalorhynchus eutropia -- Dall's porpoise -- Phocoenoides dalli -- Harbor porpoise -- Phocoena phocoena -- Spectacled porpoise -- Phocoena dioptrica -- Burmeister's porpoise -- Phocoena spinipinnis -- Vaquita -- Phocoena sinus -- Indo-Pacific finless porpoise -- Neophocaena phocaenoides -- Narrow-ridged finless porpoise -- Neophocaena asiaeorientalis -- South Asian river dolphin -- Platanista gangetica -- Amazon River dolphin -- Inia geoffrensis -- Franciscana -- Pontoporia blainvillei -- 5.Pinnipeds -- Northern fur seal -- Callorhinus ursinus -- Note on Hybrid Southern Hemisphere Fur Seals Genus Arctocephalus -- Antarctic fur seal -- Arctocephalus gazella -- Juan Fernandez and Guadalupe fur seals -- Arctocephalus philippii -- Galapagos fur seal -- Arctocephalus galapagoensis -- South American fur seal -- Arctocephalus australis -- New Zealand fur seal -- Arctocephalus forsteri -- Subantarctic fur seal -- Note continued: Arctocephalus tropicalis -- Cape and Australian fur seals -- Arctocephalus pusillus -- Steller sea lion -- Eumetopias jubatus -- California sea lion -- Zalophus californianus -- Galapagos sea lion -- Zalophus wollebaeki -- South American sea lion -- Otaria byronia -- Australian sea lion -- Neophoca cinerea -- New Zealand sea lion -- Phocarctos hookeri -- Walrus -- Odobenus rosmarus -- Hawaiian monk seal -- Neomonachus schauinslandi -- Mediterranean monk seal -- Monachus monachus -- Ross seal -- Ommatophoca rossii -- Crabeater seal -- Lobodon carcinophaga -- Leopard seal -- Hydrurga leptonyx -- Weddell seal -- Leptonychotes weddellii -- Southern elephant seal -- Mirounga leonina -- Northern elephant seal -- Mirounga angustirostris -- Bearded seal -- Erignathus barbatus -- Hooded seal -- Cystophora cristata -- Gray seal -- Halichoerus grypus -- Ribbon seal -- Histriophoca fasciata -- Harp seal -- Pagophilus groenlandicus -- Harbor seal -- Phoca vitulina -- Note continued: Spotted seal -- Phoca largha -- Ringed seal -- Pusa hispida -- Baikal seal -- Pusa sibirica -- Caspian seal -- Pusa caspica -- 6.Sirenians -- West Indian manatee -- Trichechus manatus -- African manatee -- Trichechus senegalensis -- Amazonian manatee -- Trichechus inunguis -- Dugong -- Dugong dugon -- 7.Otters & Polar Bear -- Sea otter -- Enhydra lutris -- Marine otter -- Lontra felina -- Polar bear -- Ursus maritimus -- 8.Extinct Species -- Baiji -- Lipotes vexillifer -- Japanese sea lion -- Zalophus japonicus -- Caribbean monk seal -- Neomonachus tropicalis -- Steller's sea cow -- Hydrodamalis gigas -- 9.Identification Keys -- A.Key to Identification of Cetaceans of the World, Based on External Appearance -- B.Key to Identification of Cetaceans of the World, Based on Skull Morphology -- C.Key to Identification of Baleen Whales of the World, Based on Baleen Plates -- D.Key to Identification of Pinnipeds of the World, Based on External Appearance -- Note continued: E.Key to identification of Pinnipeds of the World, Based on Skull Morphology -- F.Key to Identification of Sirenians of the World, Based on External Appearance and Distribution -- G.Key to Identification of Sirenians of the World, Based on Skull Morphology -- 10.Sources for More Information -- 11.Index -- Common Names -- 12.Index -- Scientific Names. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797335603321 |
Jefferson Thomas A.
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| London, England : , : Academic Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Marine mammals of the world : a comprehensive guide to their identification / / Thomas A. Jefferson, Marc A. Webber, Robert L. Pitman ; illustrations by Uko Gorter
| Marine mammals of the world : a comprehensive guide to their identification / / Thomas A. Jefferson, Marc A. Webber, Robert L. Pitman ; illustrations by Uko Gorter |
| Autore | Jefferson Thomas A. |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Academic Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (0 p.) |
| Disciplina | 599.5 |
| Soggetto topico | Marine mammals |
| ISBN |
0-12-409592-5
0-12-409542-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Introduction -- Basic marine mammal biology -- Taxonomic groupings above the species level -- Cetaceans -- Pinnipeds -- Sirenians -- Otters & polar bear -- Extinct species -- Identification keys.
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 2.Basic Marine Mammal Biology -- 3.Taxonomic Groupings Above the Species Level -- 4.Cetaceans -- North Atlantic right whale -- Eubalaena glacialis -- North Pacific right whale -- Eubalaena japonica -- Southern right whale -- Eubalaena australis -- Bowhead whale -- Balaena mysticetus -- Pygmy right whale -- Caperea marginata -- Blue whale -- Balaenoptera musculus -- Fin whale -- Balaenoptera physalus -- Sei whale -- Balaenoptera borealis -- Bryde's whale -- Balaenoptera edeni -- Omura's whale -- Balaenoptera omurai -- Common minke whale -- Balaenoptera acutorostrata -- Antarctic minke whale -- Balaenoptera bonaerensis -- Humpback whale -- Megaptera novaeangliae -- Gray whale -- Eschrichtius robustus -- Sperm whale -- Physeter macrocephalus -- Pygmy sperm whale -- Kogia breviceps -- Dwarf sperm whale -- Kogia sima -- Baird's beaked whale -- Berardius bairdii -- Arnoux's beaked whale -- Berardius arnuxii -- Cuvier's beaked whale -- Note continued: Ziphius cavirostris -- Northern bottlenose whale -- Hyperoodon ampullatus -- Southern bottlenose whale -- Hyperoodon planifrons -- Shepherd's beaked whale -- Tasmacetus shepherdi -- Blainville's beaked whale -- Mesoplodon densirostris -- Note on Beaked Whales of the Genus Mesoplodon -- Gray's beaked whale -- Mesoplodon grayi -- Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale -- Mesoplodon ginkgodens -- Deraniyagala's beaked whale -- Mesoplodon hotaula -- Hector's beaked whale -- Mesoplodon bectori -- Perrin's beaked whale -- Mesoplodon perrini -- Hubbs' beaked whale -- Mesoplodon carlhubbsi -- Pygmy beaked whale -- Mesoplodon peruvianus -- Sowerby's beaked whale -- Mesoplodon bidens -- Gervais' beaked whale -- Mesoplodon europaeus -- True's beaked whale -- Mesoplodon mirus -- Strap-toothed beaked whale -- Mesoplodon layardii -- Andrew's beaked whale -- Mesoplodon bowdoini -- Stejneger's beaked whale -- Mesoplodon stejnegeri -- Spade-toothed beaked whale -- Note continued: Mesoplodontraversii -- Longman's beaked whale -- Indopacetus pacificus -- Narwhal -- Monodon monoceros -- Beluga whale -- Delphinapterus leucas -- Australian snubfin dolphin -- Orcaella heinsohni -- Irrawaddy dolphin -- Orcaella brevirostris -- Killer whale -- Orcinus orca -- Short-finned pilot whale -- Globicephala macrorhynchus -- Long-finned pilot whale -- Globicephala melas -- False killer whale -- Pseudorca crassidens -- Pygmy killer whale -- Feresa attenuata -- Melon-headed whale -- Peponocephala electra -- Risso's dolphin -- Grampus griseus -- Tucuxi -- Sotalia fluviatilis -- Guiana dolphin -- Sotalia guianensis -- Rough-toothed dolphin -- Steno bredanensis -- Atlantic humpback dolphin -- Sousa teuszii -- Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin -- Sousa chinensis -- Indian Ocean humpback dolphin -- Sousa plumbea -- Australian humpback dolphin -- Sousa sahulensis -- Common bottlenose dolphin -- Tursiops truncatus -- Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin -- Note continued: Tursiops aduncus -- Pantropical spotted dolphin -- Stenella attenuata -- Atlantic spotted dolphin -- Stenella frontalis -- Spinner dolphin -- Stenella longirostris -- Clymene dolphin -- Stenella clymene -- Striped dolphin -- Stenella coeruleoalba -- Short-beaked common dolphin -- Delphinus delphis -- Long-beaked common dolphin -- Delphinus capensis -- Fraser's dolphin -- Lagenodelphis hosei -- White-beaked dolphin -- Lagenorhynchus albirostris -- Atlantic white-sided dolphin -- Lagenorhynchus acutus -- Pacific white-sided dolphin -- Lagenorhynchus obliquidens -- Dusky dolphin -- Lagenorhynchus obscurus -- Hourglass dolphin -- Lagenorhynchus cruciger -- Peale's dolphin -- Lagenorhynchus australis -- Northern right whale dolphin -- Lissodelphis borealis -- Southern right whale dolphin -- Lissodelphis peronii -- Commerson's dolphin -- Cephalorhynchus commersonii -- Heaviside's dolphin -- Cephalorhynchus heavisidii -- Hector's dolphin -- Note continued: Cephalorhynchus hectori -- Chilean dolphin -- Cephalorhynchus eutropia -- Dall's porpoise -- Phocoenoides dalli -- Harbor porpoise -- Phocoena phocoena -- Spectacled porpoise -- Phocoena dioptrica -- Burmeister's porpoise -- Phocoena spinipinnis -- Vaquita -- Phocoena sinus -- Indo-Pacific finless porpoise -- Neophocaena phocaenoides -- Narrow-ridged finless porpoise -- Neophocaena asiaeorientalis -- South Asian river dolphin -- Platanista gangetica -- Amazon River dolphin -- Inia geoffrensis -- Franciscana -- Pontoporia blainvillei -- 5.Pinnipeds -- Northern fur seal -- Callorhinus ursinus -- Note on Hybrid Southern Hemisphere Fur Seals Genus Arctocephalus -- Antarctic fur seal -- Arctocephalus gazella -- Juan Fernandez and Guadalupe fur seals -- Arctocephalus philippii -- Galapagos fur seal -- Arctocephalus galapagoensis -- South American fur seal -- Arctocephalus australis -- New Zealand fur seal -- Arctocephalus forsteri -- Subantarctic fur seal -- Note continued: Arctocephalus tropicalis -- Cape and Australian fur seals -- Arctocephalus pusillus -- Steller sea lion -- Eumetopias jubatus -- California sea lion -- Zalophus californianus -- Galapagos sea lion -- Zalophus wollebaeki -- South American sea lion -- Otaria byronia -- Australian sea lion -- Neophoca cinerea -- New Zealand sea lion -- Phocarctos hookeri -- Walrus -- Odobenus rosmarus -- Hawaiian monk seal -- Neomonachus schauinslandi -- Mediterranean monk seal -- Monachus monachus -- Ross seal -- Ommatophoca rossii -- Crabeater seal -- Lobodon carcinophaga -- Leopard seal -- Hydrurga leptonyx -- Weddell seal -- Leptonychotes weddellii -- Southern elephant seal -- Mirounga leonina -- Northern elephant seal -- Mirounga angustirostris -- Bearded seal -- Erignathus barbatus -- Hooded seal -- Cystophora cristata -- Gray seal -- Halichoerus grypus -- Ribbon seal -- Histriophoca fasciata -- Harp seal -- Pagophilus groenlandicus -- Harbor seal -- Phoca vitulina -- Note continued: Spotted seal -- Phoca largha -- Ringed seal -- Pusa hispida -- Baikal seal -- Pusa sibirica -- Caspian seal -- Pusa caspica -- 6.Sirenians -- West Indian manatee -- Trichechus manatus -- African manatee -- Trichechus senegalensis -- Amazonian manatee -- Trichechus inunguis -- Dugong -- Dugong dugon -- 7.Otters & Polar Bear -- Sea otter -- Enhydra lutris -- Marine otter -- Lontra felina -- Polar bear -- Ursus maritimus -- 8.Extinct Species -- Baiji -- Lipotes vexillifer -- Japanese sea lion -- Zalophus japonicus -- Caribbean monk seal -- Neomonachus tropicalis -- Steller's sea cow -- Hydrodamalis gigas -- 9.Identification Keys -- A.Key to Identification of Cetaceans of the World, Based on External Appearance -- B.Key to Identification of Cetaceans of the World, Based on Skull Morphology -- C.Key to Identification of Baleen Whales of the World, Based on Baleen Plates -- D.Key to Identification of Pinnipeds of the World, Based on External Appearance -- Note continued: E.Key to identification of Pinnipeds of the World, Based on Skull Morphology -- F.Key to Identification of Sirenians of the World, Based on External Appearance and Distribution -- G.Key to Identification of Sirenians of the World, Based on Skull Morphology -- 10.Sources for More Information -- 11.Index -- Common Names -- 12.Index -- Scientific Names. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828957403321 |
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Jefferson Thomas A.
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| London, England : , : Academic Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nomenclature of the dolphins, porpoises, and small whales : a review and guide to the early taxonomic literature / / Thomas A. Jefferson
| Nomenclature of the dolphins, porpoises, and small whales : a review and guide to the early taxonomic literature / / Thomas A. Jefferson |
| Autore | Jefferson Thomas A. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle, Washington : , : U.S. Department of Commerce, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iv, 107 pages) : illustrations (some color), charts |
| Collana | NOAA professional paper NMFS |
| Soggetto topico |
Dolphins
Porpoises Whales |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Terminology |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Nomenclature of the dolphins, porpoises, and small whales |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910716844903321 |
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Jefferson Thomas A.
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| Seattle, Washington : , : U.S. Department of Commerce, , 2021 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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